Captain America and his team reveal behind-the-scenes secrets

Captain America and his team reveal behind-the-scenes secrets

It is not easy being a superhero.

Just ask the cast of Captain America: Civil War, which is currently showing in cinemas in Malaysia, and they will regale tales of uncomfortable itches, injuries and heat exhaustion. But there are also perks to being a Marvel Avenger.

Anthony Mackie was only allowed to perform small stunts as flying hero Falcon, but that did not save him from pain.

“They put me up on a platform, on a pad on the ground, and they go ‘Come on Anthony, jump face first into the pad’,” Mackie bemoaned in an interview with Reuters TV.

“They kept laughing at me all day until I was concussed.”

As the Scarlet Witch, Elizabeth Olsen only had to mimic conjuring magic with her hands. But casting spells could still be dangerous business, as Jeremy Renner revealed.

“She got an injury in her shoulder,” said Renner, who plays Hawkeye. “Everyone else is doing dives and rolls and all this stuff and she’s doing this (hand movement) and goes ‘Oh my god, my shoulder’.”